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Airplane vs. Battleship

Date: 1913
Description: This photograph from the album of aviation pioneer Jesse Brabazon is described by him as the "first simulated bombing in history, using an aeroplane versus...
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Sinking the Ostfriesland

Date: 07 21 1921
Description: One of the most important moments in the history of American aviation - the sinking of the captured German battleship "Ostfriesland" by American bombers of...
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Aerial Combat Reenacted

Date: 1930
Description: An aerial combat scene from "Hell's Angel's," Howard Hughes' classic 1930 motion picture about the British Air Force during World War I. This film was dis...
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Japanese Airplane Going Down

Date: 05 22 1944
Description: A Japanese bomber going down in flames after having been surprised by a Coronado flying boat of Fleet Air Wing Two. This photograph, which was shot from t...
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Japanese Destroyer Under Attack

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Description: Aerial view of a Japanese destroyer under United States air attack.
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Torpedo Illustration

Date: 1943
Description: A military airplane drops torpedoes on a boat floating in a body of water in an illustration titled: "A Kid from Kansas."
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In the Year of the Pig

Date: 03 25 1954
Description: Note on the back: "Defenders dig in. Dien Bien Phu, Indochina: An airport once covered this area where soldiers have dug deep trenches as protection from b...
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Vietnamese Woman with Children Surrounded by Soldiers

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Description: A woman is placing a baby in a basket held by a little boy. Behind her, a man lies prone holding another child, while two soldiers walk towards a house in ...
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Soldiers Exchange Gifts in Front of a Christmas Tree

Date: 1914
Description: German reservists maintain a semblance of home while at war as they exchange gifts in front of a Christmas tree.

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